Bamboo Symbolism: In Chinese tradition, bamboo symbolizes the elasticity of life, longevity, happiness and spiritual truth.

Bamboo, showy with charm, slender and soft, evergreen and undefeated, symbolizing eternal youth, young; spring (Spring Mountain) bamboo dashing and upright, clear and handsome, fluttering gentleman demeanor; bamboo hollow, symbolizing modesty. Character of the modest can hold their own, bamboo qualities of bending and not folding, folding and continuous, symbolizing the principle of being soft and rigid, Lingyun intentional, strong wind and snow, laying down and still up, bamboo joints must be exposed, the bamboo tips pull up, the metaphor of the high winds and bright sections; noble character is not vulgar, born and section, as a symbol of temperament. Tang Zhang Jiuling bamboo, said "the high section of the people, and the world knows" ("and the yellow door Lu Lang Wing Bamboo"). Indifference, purity and integrity, the pursuit of Chinese literati personality.

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Bamboo, also known as Bamboo, is the most popular bamboo in China. p>Bamboo, also known as bamboo. There are many varieties, there are arrow bamboo (Arrow Bamboo) and so on. Perennial graminae bamboo subfamily, the stem is woody, is a branch of the graminae, scientific name Bambusoideae (Bambusaceae or Bamboo), in the tropical and subtropical regions, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Islands on the distribution of the most centralized, there are many species, some are low like grass, and some are as tall as a large tree, growing rapidly.

Often growing in patches through underground creeping rhizomes, they can also reproduce by flowering and setting seeds, which are known as bamboo rice. Some species of bamboo shoots are edible. Bamboo branches upright, slender, verdant in all seasons, snow and frost, doubly loved by the Chinese, and plum, orchids, chrysanthemums and known as the Four Gentlemen, and plum, pine and known as the three friends of the year, ancient and modern writers and artists, love bamboo and many bamboo.